Elementary school students excel in reading drive

9:17 AM,
Apr. 26, 2012

Santa Clara Elementary School students enjoy a free reading time in the school's library Wednesday. Students at Santa Clara read more than 9,000 books to earn a trip to the movies to watch the film "The Lorax."

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SANTA CLARA - Students at Santa Clara Elementary School earned an unusual prize this week, as teachers and parents took them to see "The Lorax" at a movie theater to reward them for far surpassing their reading goals this spring.

Students have read more than 9,000 books since they started a reading drive on March 2, a date recognized as Read Across America Day at schools across the country. March 2 was also the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.

With the movie version of Seuss' story "The Lorax" opening on March 2, teachers and parents challenged the students to read at ...